Seeing Is Believing

Creating a timeline Giving the jury a visual representation of the timing of events is very important aspect of telling your story, E very picture tells a story. So does every litigator. Sometimes all that is needed to get your point across is a simple timeline. A timeline enables lawyers to tell their stories visually much like a picture does. Seeing is believing as they say. Regardless of whether a series of events transpired seconds, minutes, hours, or years apart, seeing them all in sequence in a timeline can have a tremendous impact on clients, jurors, judges, or colleagues.

Kentuckiana Trial Vision realizes that g iving the jury a visual representation of the timing of events is very important aspect of telling your story.  Our multimedia specialists  can include photos, audio and video clips, and add links to PDF files or Web sites.  We can enhance the events within it as well.  For example, we will  color code events to make them easier to follow (e.g., one color for your client and another color for the opposing party) and also change the appearance of your chart by adding your logo and using your firm colors.

Use Computer Graphics and Video During Presentation of Evidence. In an age where people receive the majority of their information from a television screen, it is surprising so many lawyers still rely on testimony to convey important concepts and information. Rather than take advantage of media that allows them to "show and tell," most lawyers still rely upon the spoken word. Effective lawyers recognize that to keep jurors interested in the evidence, it is not enough to tell jurors about documents or other evidence; the jurors must see the evidence as well. Presenting documentary evidence through a witness without allowing the jury to see the evidence at issue is like describing colors to the blind. The jury will not grasp the significance of what is being discussed and ultimately will disregard it. Likewise, describing how an accident occurred is not nearly as effective as showing how it happened.

Multimedia trial presentations using video, animation and computer graphics allow the jury not only to hear what is being described but help the jury visualize what is being discussed as well. The net result is that multimedia trial presentations improve jury interest, help jurors understand concepts better and enable jurors to remember the information during deliberations. While even the finest technology will never turn a bad case into a good one, in a close case, effective multimedia presentations usually tip the scales in favor of the side that uses them.